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We Americans Neglect Our Children
An opinion piece on how we prize children in the abstract but as a society tend to ignore their needs. Children are more likely to go hungry or live in poverty in America than in most of our peer countries, and they are also much more likely to die — because of drugs, guns, accidents and an inequitable health care system.
Creating Opportunity and Bridging Divides
Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, shares why giving students access to experiential learning like CTE is a powerful way to address many of our kids’ and our country’s greatest challenges.
A School That Embraces a Trendy Model: The Start-Up
They brainstorm in conference rooms equipped with whiteboards, use high-end computers and equipment and are given free breakfast and lunch. Except these are no start-up workers.
Building Skills Outside the Classroom With New Ways of Learning
What differentiates the Mayfield Innovation Center from traditional classrooms is evident not just in the virtual reality technology, the 3-D printers or the open architecture that make the two-floor, 30,000-square-foot building seem less of a secondary school than a Google satellite office.
In California, Push for College Diversity Starts Earlier
As the Supreme Court weighs a case that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions, California offers one glimpse of a future without it.
Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor
Most low-income students who have top test scores and grades do not even apply to the nation's best colleges, according to a new analysis of every high school student who took the SAT in a recent year.